Every three years, the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) convenes a continental gathering of all stakeholders involved in Africa agricultural development. This gathering has become known as the Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW). During this year AASW under the side events program, sub-theme II Innovations to improve productivity and Resilience attention was also focused on accelerating Sustainable Intensification in Africa: A farming systems framework for targeting investment. This side event had the following objectives: To inform participants about 1) the development of a comprehensive classification and analysis of African farming systems across the continent in the form of a book and web-based spatial and statistical data platform; 2) the outcomes and recommendations of a 4-day pre-AASW workshop on sustainable intensification systems (SIS); and to plan for strengthening system-oriented approaches for sustainable intensification programs. The Recommendations derived from the workshop includes: Institutionalize farming systems frameworks into the Africa Agriculture Science Agenda, CAADP national investment planning and the New Alliance Technology Platform, as well CRPs and national R&D and higher education programs to accelerate the sustainable intensification of agricultural systems; and build system research capacity in university curricula and greater donor championing for system approaches in R&D programs. These led to development of the following action plans relevant to address the recommendations for the next three years (2014 – 2016): Synthesize key elements of approaches for developing and managing sustainable intensification systems programmes into a synthetic booklet for policy makers and non-research audiences; Convene another sustainable intensification systems workshop in 2014; Establish a functional community of practice to advance sustainable intensification systems approaches and Continue to exploit synergies among R&D sites where various SIS programs are implemented. For more information: http://www.fara-africa.org/scienceweek/side-events/